Rinsing machine



Jul 30, 1929. ,1 G.J. MCGANN 1,722,813

- RINSING MACHINE File April 12, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 30, 1929.

UNITED STATES v 1,722,813 PATENT. OFFICE.

GEORGE J. MCGANN, OF WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SLASHER ROLLS 00., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

K BINSING MACHINE.

Application filed April 12, 1928. Serial No. 269,438

The invention relates to an improvement in rinsing machines of the type for rinsing yarn or fabric in rope form.

In the general operation of the machine the rope of yarn or fabric is run around separate rolls and the passage of the rope is apt to wear grooves in the rolls necessitating a continual renewal thereof and, as the.

rolls are expensive, the difliculty is a serious one.

The object of the invention is to obviate wear upon the rolls during the operation of the machine.

The invention can best be seen and under-' 16 stood by reference to the drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved machine.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and 2 Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2. Referring to the drawings 1 represents a tank containing the rinsing fluid. On this tank is mounted a combined frame and easing 2. Turning within the tank 1 is a feed roll 3. This roll is fixed to a shaft 4 the opposite ends of which project through the ends of the tank 1 and through the bottom of the casing 2 which envelops the tank, and are journaled to turn in bear.- ings 5 fixed to the adjacent sides of the casing. Arranged within the to of the casing above the tank is a feed roll 6. TlllS roll is mounted on a shaft 7 the opposite ends of which extend through openings in the opposite sides of the casing and are journaled to turn in boxes 8 fixed thereto, the ends of the shaft turning at the bottom ends of vertical ways formed within these boxes. Mounted also within the casing and above the feed roll 6 is a press roll 9. This roll is mounted upon a shaft 11' the opposite ends of which extend through slotted ways 12 in the opposite sides of the casing and into the ways 13 of the boxes 8, which permits of vertical movement being afforded the press roll toward or away from the feed roll 6 with which it is co-operating.

14 is the yarn or fabric rope. This is directed to enter the machine through an eye 15 in the top of the casing adjacent the inner end of the press roll 9. Entering the casing the rope passes down through the casing over and around the inner end of the feed roll 3, thence upward over and around the inner end of the feed roll 6 and'between this roll and the press roll 9. Thence the passage of the rope is continued with coils passing over and around the respective feed rolls 3' and 6 and between the feed roll 6 and the press roll 9, the rope eventually having a run upward from the outer end of the feed roll 3 over the outer end of the feed roll 6 and thence over the outer end of.

the press roll 9 and through the adjacent back of the casing, leaving by way of an eye 16 therein.

Mounted upon the opposite sides of the r casing 2 with extension through the 100 s formed by the runs of rope between the feed rolls 3 and 6 is a bar 17. Fixed to this bar with lateral projection therefrom are a series of spaced pins '18. The arrangement of the bar 17 and the extension of the pins 18 are such that the pins will projectoutwardly between the several runs of rope which are passing upward over the roll 3 and onto the roll 6, andoperate to hold the coils of rope at .properly spaced intervals a art on the respective rolls and around whlch the rope is passing. 1

The pins 18. function also to move the coils of rope back and forth over the faces of the respective rolls over which the rope is passing in order that the rope may evenly traverse the entire surface of these rolls during the operation of the machine and not run along a single line or track thereon. To this end the bar 17 carrying the pins is mounted upon the sides of the casing to have an endwise sliding or reciprocating movement thereon, theopposite ends of the bar passing outwardly through slots or openings in the opposite sides of the casing with projection beyond the outer sides or faces thereof. Brackets 19 on the outer sides of the casing provide bearings for these projecting ends of the bar and on which bearings the bar slides. with a relatively slow movement of determinate extent in reverse directions or with such extent of movement as Will cause the pins by their bearing against the runs of rope, between the rolls over and around which the rope is passing, to gradually move The bar 17 is moved back and forth I the coils of rope back and forth as aforesaid over the faces of the respective rolls.

The reciprocation of the bar 15 is effected by theoperation of the machine as follows Arranged on the outer end of the shaft 7 carrying the feed roll 6 beyond the side of the casing is a worm 20 WhlCh meshes/with a worm wheel 21 arranged on the topend of a vertical shaft 22 which turns in spaced bearings 23 carried by brackets 24 secure to the side of the casing. At its lower end 7 the shaft 22 is provided with a hub 25. Projecting from this hub is 'a crank arm 26 having in it a slot 27. Adjustably fixed to the crank arm is a pin 28. ,This p1n pro ects through the slot 27 in the arm and is fixed in any adjusted position along this slot by nuts 29 on the pin engaging the OPP S1te sides of the arm. Pivoted to'the pin 28 1S i1. link 30 which pivotally connects with a p n 31 fixed to the outer end of the bar 17.

The machine is operated by triower ap lied to a pulley 32 arranged on t e end 0 the shaft 7 which bears the feed roll 6. As this, shaft is rotated the rope will be made to pass around the respective feed rolls and at the same time, through the worm 20 on the end of the shaft, the worm wheel 21 and the shaft 22, power will be appliedto turn the crank arm 26 which as it. is turned will through the link 30 operate to move the bar 17 back and forth and thereby through the pins 18 on the bar cause the various coils of rope to traverse evenly back and forth over the entire surface of the respective rolls over which the rope is passing. The extent of traverse of the coils of rope is determined by the distance that the bar 17 is moved or reci rocated back and forth, taking into consideration the speed at which the rope is moving and also the sgeed at which the bar 17 is being reciprocate and all this is determined and a proper reciprocation given the bar 17 to obtain the desired result by a determinate fixin of the throw of the crank arm 26 and this is obtained by aproperly adjusted fixing of the link pm 28 to the crank arm. e I

Having thusfully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Let ters; Patent of the United States g 1. In a rinsing machine having. a feed roll over which coils of the material to be rinsed are severally passed to be fed by the roll,

the. combination therewith of, means whereby coils of the rope will be directed to traverse longitudinally back and forth overv the surface of said roll as the rope is fed by the roll during the operation of the machine.

2. In a rinsing machine having a feed roll over which coils of the material to be rinsed are severally passed to be fed by the roll, the combination therewith of, means governing the paths of said coils over said longitudina roll whereb they will collectively traverse back and forth over substantially the entire surface of said roll.

3. In a rinsing'machine havin a feed roll over which coils of the material to be rinsed are severally passed to be fed by the roll, the combination therewith of, spacing elements between which said coils are directed to run, a movable carrier for said elements adapted and arranged whereby endwise reciprocating movement thereof will through said-elements change the paths of said coils and direct them to traverse back and forth over the surface of said roll as the coils are fed by the roll during the operation of the machine, and means for imparting endwise reciprocation to said carrier;

4. In a rinsing machine having spaced feed rolls around which coils of the rope of mate rial to be rinsed are severally passed to be fed by the rolls, the combination therewith of, spacing elements arranged between the two rolls and between which elements running portions of the several coilsof the rope are directed to pass, a carrier for said elements adapted and arranged whereby endwise reciprocating movement thereof will through said elements change the pathsof said coils and direct them to traverse back and forth over the surfaces of said rolls as the rope is fed by the rolls during the operation of the machine, and means for impartelements adapted and arranged, whereby endwise l reciprocating movement thereof will through said elements change the paths of said coils and direct them to traverse back and forth overthe surface of said roll as the coils are fed by the roll during the operation'of the machine, means for imparting endwise reciprocation to said carrier,

and means whereby the extent of reciprocating movement of said carrier may be adjustably changed.

6. In a rinsing-machine having a tank, spaced feed rolls around which coils of the rope of material to be rinsed are severally passed to be fed by the rolls, one of said feed rolls being arranged within said tank and the other of the feed rolls being arranged above the tank spaced from the feed roll within the tank, and a press roll'bearing against said other of the feed rolls, the combination therewith of, spacing elements arranged between the two feed rolls and between which elements running portions of the several coils of rope are directed to pass, a carrier for said elements adapted and arranged whereby\ endwise reciprocating movement thereof will through said elements change the path of said coils and direct them to traverse back and forthover the surfaces of said rolls as the rope is fed by the rolls during the operation of the machine, means whereby power may be applied to one of the feed rolls for operating the ma chine, and means whereby said carrier may be reciprocated through mechanism connectin with one of the feed rolls.

In a rinsing machine having a tank, spaced feed rolls around which coils of the rope of material tobe rinsed are severally passed to be fed by the rolls, one of said feed rolls being arranged within said tank and the other oi the feed rolls being arranged above the tank spaced from the feed roll within the tank, and a press roll bearing against said other of the feed rolls, the combination therewith of, spacing elements arranged between the two feed rolls and between which elements running portions of the several coils of rope are directed to pass, a carrier for said elements adapted and arranged whereby endwise reciprocating movement thereof will through said elements change the path of said coils and direct them to traverse back and forth over the surfaces of said rolls as the rope is fed by the rolls during the operation of the machine, means whereby power may be applied to said other of the feed rolls, mechanism operated by said other of the feed rolls including a crank arm, a link connection between said crank arm and said carrier, and means for adjustably fixing said link connection to the crank arm.

GEORGE J. MCGANN. 

